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Feb. 3, 2025, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1

"[C]athy Nori worked in senior management and was also the president of the Solomon Islands Women in Maritime association, where she pushed for greater gender equality in the industry" (Para 7). Although the organization did not specifically focus on women, Ms. Nori worked to create better opportunities for women and expanded her responsibilities in the process. (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-2

"Since independence in 1978, few women have been elected to Solomon Islands’ national government. Only 6% of candidates in last month’s election were female, according to the country’s electoral commission. Solomon Islands Women Rights Action Movement says the underrepresentation of women in politics is due to a range of factors including cultural beliefs that the role of women should be limited to the home, religious norms and a lack of education.Nori entered the election as an underdog and says her victory marks a shift toward dismantling barriers in the Pacific country in terms of women’s roles. She says she faced many challenges, including to “convince both men and women that...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: GP-DATA-1

"[C]athy Nori will represent part of Isabel province, which has a population of about 35,000 people and is beset by problems including poor roads and a lack of infrastructure" (Para 5). "She is one of just three women elected to the Pacific country’s 50-seat parliament in last month’s national election. Nori will be joined by Freda Rangirei Tuki, representing Temotu-Vatud in Temotu province, and Choilyn Yim Douglas for the Ngella constituency, Central Islands province" (Para 6).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1

"[C]athy Nori says that after a decades-long career in transport, shipping and logistics, she aspired to enter politics. She worked in senior management and was also the president of the Solomon Islands Women in Maritime association, where she pushed for greater gender equality in the industry. “I proved that I was capable of performing tasks traditionally assigned to men,” Nori says" (Para 7, 8).
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-3

"She is one of just three women elected to the Pacific country’s 50-seat parliament in last month’s national election. Nori will be joined by Freda Rangirei Tuki, representing Temotu-Vatud in Temotu province, and Choilyn Yim Douglas for the Ngella constituency, Central Islands province. Nori says that after a decades-long career in transport, shipping and logistics, she aspired to enter politics. She worked in senior management and was also the president of the Solomon Islands Women in Maritime association, where she pushed for greater gender equality in the industry" (Para 6,7). "Solomon Islands Women Rights Action Movement says the underrepresentation of women in politics is due to a range of factors...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: ATFPA-PRACTICE-2

"She (MP Cathy Nori) says she faced many challenges, including to “convince both men and women that I was capable of achieving tasks traditionally associated with men" (Para 10). "In Isabel province, the cultural norm places women primarily in the kitchen within the household. One of my greatest challenges was demonstrating to both men and women that I could rise above these expectations,” Nori says " (Para 11).
Dec. 31, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bolivia, Cambodia, Chad, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Swaziland, Vanuatu, Venezuela
Variables: IRP-SCALE-1

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Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Brunei, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"Legal and recognized" (para 18).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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April 7, 2024, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: LO-PRACTICE-1, LO-LAW-1

"Solomon Islands has a pluralistic legal system of State law and Customary law that both operate at the national and local level. In State law, both men and women have equal opportunity to acquire land. The majority of the land in Solomon Islands is, however, held in accordance with Customary law or kastom. The capital city of Honiara follows the Constitution in land ownership but most land outside the city boundary uses Customary law. Under Customary law, decisions regarding land matters are made through a consultative group comprised of male chiefs and elders. In some instances, customary law also dictates that women must ‘stand behind’ men when it comes to...more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Trinidad/Tobago, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the Solomon Islands ranks as a Tier 2 Watch List country (85).
March 9, 2024, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: IRP-LAW-6

"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Not known" (para 4).
March 9, 2024, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: IRP-LAW-4

"Is there mandatory registration? Not known" (para 5). "Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation? No" (para 7).
March 9, 2024, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal but associated activities are illegal. Penal code has offences of soliciting and brothel-keeping (modelled on UK law so could assume that definition of brothel includes 2 or more women)" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, procuring, living on earnings and brothel-keeping all criminalised" (para 3).
March 9, 2024, 11:48 a.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Soliciting and brothel keeping are illegal in Solomon Islands but there is evidence such establishments exists some of which are being promoted as massage parlours" (para 2).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in the Solomon Islands who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 50 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in the Solomon Islands was 122 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in the Solomon Islands is 82% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in the Solomon Islands is 72 years for women and 69 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in the Solomon Islands is 62.9 years for men and 67.9 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands, South Sudan
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"28.9 births per 1000 population"
June 20, 2023, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

"I, A.B., of , do solemnly and sincerely declare that I believe there is no impediment or lawful objection by reason of any kindred or relationship, any former marriage, or want of consent of parents or guardians, or any other lawful cause, to my being married to C.D..."
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Togo, Ukraine, Vietnam
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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